Alireza Taghaboni is one of the most renowned Iranian architects. He lives in the capital of Iran, where he is the author of landmark projects. In his work, he combines the practice of architecture with reflection on the same. He is frequently invited to participate in international conferences and congresses on contemporary architecture. In the essay he has written for Electra, Taghaboni talks about the architecture of Tehran created after the 1979 Islamic Revolution and during the Iran-Iraq war. Analysing some architectural and urban examples that he considers to be paradigmatic, he uses the concepts of desire and practice as indicative of what circumstances, events and changes have allowed, prevented or forced to happen.